Toy rapid-fire gun



y 31, 1932- AM. DE MINNO ET AL 1,860,611

TOY RAPID FIRE GUN Filed June 18, 1951 2 Sheets-$heet 1 Suva-whats.fifle I71 n 0 J; [7- Farrella y 1932- s i A. M. DE MINNO ET AL1,860,611

TOY RAPID FIRE GUN Filed June 18, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet '2 gwve'ntotsPatented May 31, 1932 UNITED STATES PATNT oFFicE ANTHONY IL'DE MINHDAEID .TQSEEH M. PABRELLA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY RAPID-FIRE GUN This invention relates to toy guns and particularlyto toy magazine guns adapted to discharge marbles, small shot or thelike and the general object is to provide a very simple, readilyoperated. magazine gun of this character in which a spring actuatedplunger discharges the projectile from the barrel of the gun.

A. further object is to provide a device of this character in which acoiled spring acts as a motor causing, when the trigger is pulled, acontinuous discharge of the projectiles until the trigger is againreleased.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a longitudinal section through our toy gun;

Figure 2 is an elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a section onthe line 3-3 of Fi ure 1.

fteferring to these drawings, 10 designates the frame of the gun and 11a tripod upon which the gun is mounted,,the frame 10 being adapted to berotated upon the tripod on a pivot 12. The tripod has the legs 13.

Projecting from the frame of the gun is the barrel 14 within whichoperates the plunger 15. Mounted upon the frame of; the gun and disposedabove the frame of the barrel is the magazine 16 which may be of ansuitable form and is shown as a semi-circ ar member having an opening inits upper end and at its lower and connected by a vertically disposedduct 17 to the barrel. This duct 17 opens into the barrel at 18 just inadvance of the plunger 15 when the latter 'is fully retracted. When theplunger is projected, itejects the projectile A which happens to be infront of the plunger and, of course, cuts ofi the opening 18. As soon asthe plunger is retracted, however, another projectile will beautomatically discharged into the barrel.

For the purpose of projecting the plunger 15, we provide a spring 19engaged with one arm 20 of a bell crank lever. This arm 20 in turn isengaged with the plunger 15..

Application filed June 18,

Normally the spring 19 will hold the plunger 15 pro ected across theopening 18.

The arm 21 of the bell crank lever extends rearward and into position tobe struck by a plurality of tappet arms 22 mounted upon a shaft'28. Thisshaft is adapted to be driven in a counter-clockwise direction by meansof a springinotor 24 of any suitable character but shown as an ordinaryclock spring. The spring is adapted to be wound up by the key 25engaging the shaft of the spring motor and the springis held fromunwinding by the pawl 26 engaging the ratchet 27.

Driven from the shaft 23 by means of a gear wheel 28 is a gear wheel 29which is held from rotation by means of a pawl 30. This pawl isconnected by a wire or rod 31 with a spring trigger 32 attached to arearwardly projecting handle 33 into which the fingers may be inserted,this handle being spaced from the rear end of the housin .or frame 10for this pur ose. When the h nger is inserted within t is space and thetrigger retracted, the gear wheel 29 is released. This permits the motorto acttorotatethe tappet arms 22 and as these tappet arms rotate,'theintermittently strike thearm 21 of the bel crank lever and as they dg soretract the upwardly extending arrgufidand retract and then release theplunger. The plimger pro- '80 jected forward by the spring 19 strikesthe projectile A and projects it fromthe barrel.

So long as the trigger 32 isretracted, the spring motor 24 will act tocause the ejection of the projectiles from the barfeL. As soon as thetrigger 32 is released, however, the pawl 30 will stop the'rotation ofthe shaft .23 and thus stop the ejection of the projectile.

While we do not wish to be limited to any on particular construction forthe magazine, we have shown opposed semicircular portions 16 and 16. Theportion 16" is separated from the portion 16 by means of a slide 34 andwhen the projectiles have been exhausted from the duct 16, the slide 34is withdrawn from the end of the duct 16' and inserted in a slot 35 atthe end of the duct 16 so that the duct 16" then becomes efiective asthe magazine. As before stated, this is one form 109 of magazine, but wedo not wish to be limited to this except as defined in the claim.

Neither do we wish to be limited to the exact details of construction asthese might be 5 varied in many ways without departing from the spiritof the invention as defined in the appended claim.

We claim A toy rapid-fire gun of the character described comprising asupporting frame, a barrel carried thereby, the barrel being open at itsrear end, a plunger mounted within the rear end of the barrel, amagazine discharging into the barrel just forward of the plunger whenthe latter is fully retracted, a bell crank lever mounted on the frameand having an upwardly extending arm operatively connected to theplunger, a spring urging the upper end of the hell crank lever forwardto project the plunger, a shaft, tappet arms carried thereby and adaptedas the shaft is rotated to strike the rearwardly projecting arm ofthehell crank lever to thereby retract the plunger and then release it,a spring motor connected to said shaft, means for winding up the springmotor, a toothed wheel driven by the spring motor, a pawl engaging thetoothed wheel and normally preventing rotation of the wheel and theactuation of the spring motor, a handle mounted upon the rear end of theframe but spaced therefrom, a resilient trigger mounted upon the insideof the handle, and a connection between said trigger and said pawl. Intestimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures.

ANTHONY M. DE MINNO. JDSEPH M. PARRELLA.

